Christ My Song - 790
Peace! O restless heart of mine - The ark of God
(Frances Bevan/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
The ark of God.
Psalm 43,3.
1. Peace! O restless heart of mine;
thou, the Still, the Blessed,
lead me to thy courts divine,
thine untroubled rest.
Tossed upon the raving sea,
still, fair land, I long for thee. (PDF - Midi)
2. Lord, from thee I went astray,
lured by magic song;
through dim places far away
I have wandered long –
now, when lost are moon and star,
shines the light of Home afar.
3. O'er the waves that cannot rest,
o'er the drifting foam,
wandering dove without a nest;
weary-winged, I come.
From the lonely wastes of sin,
blessed Noah, take me in.
4. Take me in, my heart implores,
leaving far behind
all the thunder of the shores
all the wailing wind;
in the chambers of thy rest,
fold me, hush me, on thy breast.
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5. Still and sweet the silence deep,
where no foot hath trod;
softer than an infant's sleep,
rest alone with God;
closed on me thy palace door,
perfect peace for evermore.
Frances Bevan, Hymns of Ter Steegen, Suso and others 1, 1899, 19-20.